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The front bulkhead (circled in red below) is one of two bulkheads present within the car. It provides structural integrity to the whole assembly and thus, must be tested to make sure that it reaches the standards we set for it to achieve.

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We will be testing primarily for tensile, compressive, and shear strength for this panel in particular. Further explanation will be provided in the next section.

Tests to be used

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We will attempt to use the figure above when determining which test we would like to use. This was acquired from the asc ASC regulations and it outlines where the car must survive an impact. As you can see, there are many cases where it hits the front of the car. As you can imagine, trying to recreate a test that strikes the bulkhead at such an odd angle would be very difficult, if not impossible. This is why I have decided that we should just focus on the cases where it hits the car in a more simple manner such as directly from the top, directly in front, and directly beside it. We will probably want to test compressive, shear, and tensile properties.

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